‘It’s Super Spectacular.’ See How the Tonga Volcano Unleashed a Once-in-a-Century Shockwave. – The New York Times

A new simulation gives a detailed look at a shockwave that circled the planet for days.

… When an underwater volcano in the Pacific island nation of Tonga erupted violently in mid-January, it spawned a tsunami that devastated many of its islands and struck far-off shores across the ocean.

But the huge volcanic explosion also generated something that scientists hadn’t seen in more than half a century: a planetary-scale pressure wave, or shockwave, in the atmosphere.

The wave circled Earth for days.

Source: ‘It’s Super Spectacular.’ See How the Tonga Volcano Unleashed a Once-in-a-Century Shockwave. – The New York Times

Note: behind paywall. Interesting story about how an event like a volcanic explosion can have worldwide consequences. A mini-preview of events to come, as described in Revelation?